Med-Peds Monthly Meeting Minutes
April 2015
Present: Bailey, Hughes, Mollo, Parker, Schwab, Sulo, Tengerstrom,
VanNatta, Warren
Absent: The rest
Topic 1: BPH
- Don’t be fooled by a normal exam, symptoms can still be present
- Think alpha blockers first, then 5-alpha reductase inhibitors
Topic 2: Celiac disease
- Remember the association with other autoimmune diseases
- Check TTG (IgA, if not deficient) for those with suspicious symptoms
- Reserve HLA (-DQ2 or -DQ8) testing for asymptomatic family members
Other business:
- Medicine draft
- do NOT pass on a round of drafting
- have no fear… “Fellowship interview gap” can be filled in later
- Increasing procedural proficiency
- Paracentesis Clinic being explored for +1 week experience
- Scott Smith Clinic a possibility for thoracenteses
- Women’s Health/Adolescent Gynecology also available
- Clinic changes
- Adult Triage Pool will be working to avoid redirecting patient calls immediately back to
Peds Triage for the sake of efficiency and patient satisfaction
- All forms will be directed to Peds front desk, all faxes to 708-216-3375
- All med refills will be routed directly to providers
Med-Peds Chief selection:
- after much deliberation, the Med-Peds Chief Resident Selection Committee, in cooperation
with the ASPCA and your friends at Whole Foods, is excited to announce that
Drlawrencemollo@gmail.com has been selected as the 2015-2016 Med-Peds Chief. Please provide your
congratulations and/or condolences to Lonnie as you see fit.
Next meeting: Thursday, May 14, at noon
- Topic assignments:
- Dizziness/vertigo (Tuesday clinic leaders)
- Osteoporosis (Wednesday clinic leaders)